[PSUBS-MAILIST] Blue Robotics Sonar

Thu Jan 31 20:00:54 EST 2019

Thanks Cliff,
that makes sense.
I am going off the idea as I had a quick search & found a low end fish finder & transducer
for US$96-. It has a 500ft range. 
https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/lowrance-hook2-4x-fishfinder-with-bullet-transducer
By using a transducer that can shoot through a hull, it would be able to shoot through 
a fibreglass pressure resistant housing as Hank is about to do.
Alan

> On 31/01/2019, at 4:17 PM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> To me there are two primary areas that the sounder needs to operate for a psub.  The first is in surface transects.  It is nice to see the depth under the boat and particularly when you get near the dive site.  For this case the max depth is associated with the max depth capability of the Psub.  With a sounder, you can have a NOP that calls for never doing a surface transect over a bottom that is deeper than the design depth of the boat.  This assures that if the boat goes negative in an uncontrolled descent for any reason, the boat would hit bottom within the design parameters of the boat.   The second is when you are in the water column out of visual contact with the surface and the bottom and want to know how quickly the bottom is coming up on a decent.  Having a display of altitude is very comforting when diving under these conditions.  So to me knowing the depth during a surface transect is the more difficult measurement and would set the maximum depth requirement.  So something on the order of 200m would cover the vast majority of psubs.  
> 
> Cliff
> 
> On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 7:17:07 PM CST, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Just got a reply from Blue Robotics & have pasted it below.
> So what would we consider a reasonable range as a depth sounder?
> The 100ft for a collision avoidance sonar seems plenty.
> Alan
> Hi Alan, 
> 
> Thank you for the email and your interest in our new Ping echosounder! We are planning to make a longer range echosounder in the future, but we don't yet have an official timeline. Is there a specific range you are looking for? The following specifications were important in our current design and had an impact on the maximum range:
> 5 V input voltage and low power consumption
> 30 deg. beam width for effective obstacle avoidance
> Small and light weight
> 115 kHz frequency to reduce interference from the typical 50 kHz and 200 kHz boat echosounders
> Thanks again for your interest in our products and I look forward to hearing back from you. 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Brian Hoover
> Blue Robotics
> brian at bluerobotics.com
> 
>> On 31/01/2019, at 9:36 AM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
> 
> Hi Cliff,
> yes I saw that after I posted. It runs off 5.5V & draws 100milliamps so not very
> high powered. As it's in development I will email them & see if they intend to increase 
> the range!
> At least it has a depth rating, which is something I have had difficulty in finding
> with boat depth sounders.
> As it is it could be good value for collision avoidance.
> Cheers Alan
> 
>> On 31/01/2019, at 2:23 AM, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
> 
> While this sounder has a depth rating of 300 m, it maximum altitude is only 30m so would not work well for Psub application.
> 
> Cliff
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jan 29, 2019, at 2:28 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the tip.  Definitely going to look at this for altimeter purposes.  Once I find the specs I'll report back.
>> 
>> Jon
>> 
>> 
>> From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org 
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 3:24 PM
>> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Blue Robotics Sonar
>> 
>> Copying & pasting this news letter from Blue Robotics (so links won't work)
>> Also pasting a link to their site for the sonar! ( bottom of page)
>> They are based in California & are developing some great stuff at economical prices. 
>> The sonar may appeal to people with a bit of electronics & computing knowledge.
>> $279 for the transducer, 300m rated.
>> Cheers Alan.
>> Blue Robotics January 2019 Newsletter.
>> Introducing Ping and upcoming events!
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>> Newsletter - January 29, 2019
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>> Hi friends! Happy 2019! We hope everyone's year is off to a smooth start!
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>> We have lotsss of new products in store for this cycle around the sun, including one that many have been eagerly anticipating. We also have some news on a few upcoming events and a video to share about curiosity in robots.
>> The New Ping Sonar Altimeter and Echosounder
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>> The new Ping Sonar is a multipurpose single-beam echosounder. It can be used as an altimeter for ROVs and AUVs, for bathymetry work aboard a USV, as an obstacle avoidance sonar, and more. The Ping combines a compact form factor and 300 meter depth rating with an open source user interface and development libraries to create a powerful new tool for marine robotics! Read more...
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